Archaeology & Prehistory
Sanauli: Bronze-Age carts and warrior burials
c. 2000-1800 BCELate Harappan / OCP cultureSanauli (Uttar Pradesh)Uttar Pradesh
2,000 BCE
Wooden coffins, copper-decorated vehicles and antenna-hilted weapons from an elite cemetery.
- Dated
- 2,000–1,800 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 2000-1800 BCE
- Originator
- Late Harappan / OCP culture
- Source text
- Sanauli (Uttar Pradesh)
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Whether the vehicles were true spoked-wheel horse-chariots or ox-carts is debated.
Path to modern innovation
Enriches the picture of post-urban Bronze-Age India.
Transmission
A dramatic 2018 discovery in the Ganga-Yamuna region.
References
- 1ASI excavations (2018)
Further reading
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